Christmas was fantastic! I had an awesome day with my family. We ate lots of great food and watched movies, as well as tested the limits of my mom's internet connection/bandwidth. We were all on at least one electronic device for most of the day. It makes me laugh when we are all in the same room and all on an iPad or smartphone and not really talking to each other. Our "conversations" usually go like this:
"Hey, have you seen ______ on Pinterest/YouTube, etc.?"
"No, I'll look it up."
-Looks it up-
"Ha, that's awesome/funny/cute, etc."
We are the modern American family.
The next day, i.e., the day after Christmas, my sister and I got the stomach flu. (I think it's now been named the NORO Virus?) Anyway, my sister went to the emergency room - I was fortunate in that I didn't have to go to the hospital. But it laid me out. I haven't been that sick... ever, I think. I did calculate that I haven't thrown up in 15 years - which is a testament to healthy eating and how averse I am to throwing up!
I didn't take any medicine and I think that helped me get better faster; I was better after 6 days and I'm hearing that it's taking most people at least 10. I really feel that, while medicine eases symptoms, it also delays true healing. I can either endure the symptoms for a few days or endure mild symptoms for a long time. I would rather be really sick and then get better sooner.
New Years. I tried to go to bed early, but my sleep cycles were so off that I couldn't even go to sleep until after 12... I actually wanted to go to bed at 9:30, but, oh well! I think that makes me officially old.
All in all, I enjoyed the holidays and my break. Sure, I was sick for most of it, but it was a great time to get sick because I didn't have anything else going on. I did go a bit crazy with nothing to do and I have some issues with feeling unproductive, but I think that may be material for a later post. I am glad to be back in school - this is my last semester, which is somewhat surreal to say and it probably will be until I actually graduate! I'm in a good place and happy to be where I am.
